I adore Baen Books' attitude towards readers and fen. And their happy greedy acknowlegment that "the more people who read this stuff for free, the more books we sell. And the more interaction between authors and fans, the more books we sell. Wow, this open access thing sure is a cash cow."
It's a great nuisance that many authors and publishers seem to think that literary entertainment is a zero-sum game: that if readers enjoy more fanfic, they'll read less original works, or if they get some books for free, they'll refuse to buy that many books next year, or something like that.
As if we allocated ourselves 500,000 words per year to read, and eight books per year to buy, and when we hit the limit, we stop.
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It's a great nuisance that many authors and publishers seem to think that literary entertainment is a zero-sum game: that if readers enjoy more fanfic, they'll read less original works, or if they get some books for free, they'll refuse to buy that many books next year, or something like that.
As if we allocated ourselves 500,000 words per year to read, and eight books per year to buy, and when we hit the limit, we stop.